Five-in-One Vaccine Carries Small Risk of Seizure

[xchrom]

Babies inoculated with a commonly used five-in-one vaccine to protect against a range of potentially lethal childhood diseases face up to a six-fold increased risk of fever-associated seizures on the day they are vaccinated, according to a study of nearly 380,000 Danish children.

But both the authors of the study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association and experts in the field stress that parents shouldn't be concerned. The overall risk is very low, and there was no increased risk of them recurring or other lasting ill effects such as epilepsy.

Febrile seizures -- full-body convulsions brought on by fever -- are relatively common in young children. They usually result from infections such as influenza or chickenpox and are generally over in minutes without further treatment, and have no known lasting health problems.

The latest study is the most thorough large-scale study to date of the risk of febrile seizures following inoculation with the DTaP-IPV-Hib vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough), as well as polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Vaccines should always be administered on a schedule of small doses.

Never accept this 5 in 1 vaccine nonsense.

[laconicsax]

2. And your data supporting this conclusion is?

[CanSocDem]

3. How about a lifetime of reading....

...a variety of literature that is not published for the sole purpose of generating revenue or placating the pharmacuetical industry.

Intelligent consumers read as much as they can and arrive at 'conclusions' that represent ALL points of view.

Oh, I'm sorry.....you wanted a link from Scientific Americana.

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[laconicsax]

4. LOL!

I thought of this when I read your comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=YMvMb90hem8#t=1m00s

[HuckleB]

5. +1